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CHICAGO 

IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY MAY BE SEEN MOST CONVENIENTLY 
DURING A TOUR ABOUT THE CITY 







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CHICAGO 

26 MILES LONG,— GREATEST WIDTH 14.7 MILES — AREA 200 SQUARE MILES 
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The Chicago region was discovered by Joliet and Marquette 
in 1673. La Salle put in at the mouth of the Chicago River in 
1680. The original survey and plat were made in 1830. Incor- 
porated as a town of 100 persons in 1835 and as a city of 4,107 
in 1837, Chicago is now a metropolis of 3,000,000, with an 
average annual increase of 50,000. 

There are three grand divisions of the city known as theNorth, 
South, and West Sides. These are formed by the river and its 
affluents from which the town took its name and which originally 
emptied into Lake Michigan. Joliet claimed that by means of 
a canal cut through a league of prairie, a boat could pass from 
the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River. Joliet's suggestion 
was realized in the opening of the Drainage Canal in 1900 at a 
cost of $76,000,000. The canal is 39 miles long, has a fall of 40 
feet and a flowing capacity of 14,000 cubic feet per second; it 
carries ofT Chicago sewage which formerly flowed into Lake 
Michigan; it serves as a great ship canal and is a generator of 
electricity. 

Chicago is the great central market and distributing center 
of the United States. As a grain, lumber, live stock, and 
packing market Chicago stands supreme. Here is the world's 
foremost railroad terminus; over 1,300 trains arrive and depart 
daily, carrying 200,000 passengers. There are more than 100 
railroad yards and 315 freight receiving stations. 

Chicago has 4,700 miles of streets and alleys. Over 3,000,000 
ride daily on the surface and elevated street railways, of which 
there is a total of 1,350 miles. There are 1,200 churches, 305 
public schools, 8,000 teachers, and an annual attendance of 
400,000. Chicago has 500 hotels and 120 national and state 
banks. The water supply drawn from two to four miles out 
in Lake Michigan through twelve large pumping stations, which 



have a daily capacity of i ,056,000,000 gallons, is distributed 
through 3,871 miles of water pipe. 

The public spirit of the city is one of its characteristic 
features. Its provisions for education are unexcelled. The 
University of Chicago has grown as phenomenally as the city 
itself. In 30 years this institution has advanced from a site 
of 17 acres with 4 prospective buildings to a university with 
100 acres on which are 40 buildings and with total gifts now 
paid in of $45,000,000. 

The public libraries, art galleries, museums, and academies 
of science compare favorably with similar institutions in any 
other American city, and as an amusement center it is clearly 
in the front rank. 

The park system is unsurpassed in the world. The total park 
area is 4,965 acres. There are 193 small parks, 14 large parks 
(connected by 80 miles of boulevards), 31 playgrounds, and 12 
bathing beaches. The total annual attendance at these pub- 
lic places is about 40,000,000. 

The Forest Preserve now has thirteen tracts with total of 
17,000 acres, all easily accessible. 

The Municipal Pier, one of the big things of the City is 3000 
feet long and 292 feet wide — contains a music hall seating 
4000 people. Cost $4,000,000. 

In all America there is no other big city where one can play 
and rest so comfortably during a summer vacation and at the 
same time learn so much without going to school, as in Chicago. 
All institutes of arts, sciences, literature and music are open all 
the year, and as for outdoor enjoyments, there are the many 
public places for golf, tennis, archery, baseball, basket ball, roque, 
bowling, horseback riding, etc., the wonderful Municipal Pier 
and the perpetual fascination of the ocean-like expanse of Lake 
Michigan with its varying moods and ever-shifting colors. 



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BRONZE LIONS ON STEPS OF ART INSTITUTE BY KEMEYS 
The Rift nf Mrs. Henry Field. 




THI-; ART INSTITUTE O? l HICAt 
Michigan Buulivard at Adams Street. 




BLACKSTONE HALL 

The Art Institute of Chicago. 



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A SCULPTURE CLASS IM THE SCHOOL OF ART 
The Art Institute cf Chicago. 




SKETCH CLASS IN THE SCHOOL OF ART 
The Art Institute of Chicago. 




MICHIGAN BOULEVARD NORTH 
Showing Crerar Library at Randolph Street, the commencing of the "Link 
itandinglike a sentinel on the north bank of the Chicago Ri" 



i<l'M ADAMS STRKIuT 

bf yond thf pLdtral Lite and the Wrigley buildings, the latter 
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FOUNTAIN AND PERGOLA IN GRANT PARK. FOOT OF RANDOLPH STREET 




CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY 
Michigan Boulevard. Washington and Randolph streets. Ranks second in circulation and third in number of volumes among the public libraries of the 
^ United States. 




EMRANCE 10 DELIVERY ROOM GRAND STAIRWAY 
Chicago Public Library. 




r.EXERAL VIEW OF G. A. R. MEMORIAL HALL 
Chicago Public Library. 




VIEW OF BOOK STACKS FROM DELIVERY ROOM 
Chicago Public Library. 




ROTUNDA OF DELIVERY ROOM 
Chicago Public Library. 







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MICHIGAN BOULEVARD LINK BRIDGE 
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CONCERT AND UANCE HALL ul' iMLMClPAL i'lEK 
3.000 feet imt in Lake Michigan, seating capacity 4.000. Landing place for excursion steamboats operatnig locally. 




MUNICIPAL PIER 
3,000 feet long. 292 feet wide — total dockage 8,500 feet. Used for summer recreation purposes and for lake passenger traffic and 

package freight. Cost $4,000,000. 




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CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY 
North Dearborn and Ontario streets. Contains library of 40,000 volumes; curios, maps, and relics, etc., illustrating the histury of the Middle West. 




DAILY NEWS FRESH AIR SANITARIUM 
Foot of Fullerton Avenue. Lincoln Park. Established 3S years. 




NEVVUERRY LIBRARY 
Washington Square and North Clark Street. Specialties are music, historj-, and biography; 370.000 volumes and pamphlets. 




LAKE SHORE DRIVE LOOKING NORTH FROM BURTON PLACE 




REFECTORY IN LINCOLN PARK 




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LINCOLN PARK YACHT CLUB 
Temporary quarters in three-mast schooner. 




.\(\\UV.\]\ III- S( lENCES AND MUSFAIM OF NATURAL HISTORY 
(Viitur Street entrance t.. LukoIii Tark. 




EDGEWATER BEACH HOTEL 

Sheridan Road and Balmoral Avenue. 




LOYOLA STATION. NORTHWESTERN ELEVATED RAILROAD 
Sheridan Road and Loyola Street. Chicago is the first city possessing a noiseless elevated structure. The white concrete construction 
provides pleasing design and quiet elevated train operation. 




FAYERWEATHER HALL OF SCIENCE 
Northwestern University. Evanston 




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UNION PARK 
WashinKton and Ashland boulevards. 




JEFFERSON PARK 

Monroe. Adams, Loomis and Throop streets. 




GARFIELD PARK 
Restaurant. Boat House and Dance Pavilion. 








MUNICIPAL BATHING BEACH. LAK 

At this beach ten thousand ba*.l 




:higan and clarendon avenue. 

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ONE OF MANY BEAUTIFUL VISTAS IN GARFIELD PARK 




GARFIELD PARK 
Entrance to one of the largest conservatories in the world. 




DOUGLAS PARK 
Restaurant and Dance Pavili( 




CARTER H. HARRISON TECHNICAL HIGH b(. HuuL 

24th and Marshall Boulevard. 

Total Pupil Capacity 3.510. Lunch room capacity i.ooo Average daily attendance 2,700. Cost Si. 050. 000. 




GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON 
Grand Boulevard north.west entrance to Washington Park. Replica of statue in Place d'Jenna 



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Administrative offices, conservatory, etc. 




ARCHERY RANGE IN WASHINGTON PARK 




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UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO BUILDINGS 
Ida Noyes Hall. Harper Memorial Libran,'- 




SOUTH SHORE COUNTRY CLUB 
7 id Street and Lake Michigan. 




FIFTV-NIXTH STREET INLET FI-'i'M I.AKi; M ic li 1 1 '.A \ In I'UIC l.Ai.iidXS IN JACKSdN' I'Ab 




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Row boat house. West LaRoon. 




FIFTY -FIRST STREET BEACH 
View taken from the Annex of the Chicago Beach Hotel, showing the lake shore line to the Municipal Pier, and 
beyond in the dim distance to Clarendon Beach. 




ULACKSTOXE MEMORIAL LIBRARY 
Lake Park Avenue and Forty-ninth Street. The gift of Mrs. T. B. Blackstone 




THE COLISEUM 
South Wabash Avenue between 14th and l5th streets. National convention: 



land, automobile, and other great shows are held here. 




FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 
Grant Park, foot of Roosevelt Road. Building is 750 feet long, 350 feet wide; surrounded by balustraded terrace 60 feet wide. 
Marshall Field during his lifetime gave Ji. 500, 000 and bequeathed $8,000,000 for construction and maintenance of the museum. 




STANLEY FIELD HALL 
Field Museum of Natural Historv. 











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Wells and Madison streets Waiting for The first papers off the presses containing the last "htlp warned" ads 




SOUTH WATER STREET 
Extends for five blocks. Commencing at 4 o'clock every week day more than 20,000 autos and wagons pour i 
stations and truck farms outside the city. 



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FEDERAL BUILDING 
Clark. Adams and Dearborn streets and Jackson Boulevard. Cost J4.757.' 




MARSHALL FIELD & CO.'S RETAIL STORE 
Wabash Avenue. Randolph. State and Washington streets. 



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RAND MCNALLY BUILDING 
Thf largfst and most completely equipped map, railroad, commercial printing and book publishing house 
The home of the Bankers Monthly and Bankers Directory. 




ILLINOIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK 
La Salle Street and Jackson Boulevard. 



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LA SALLE STREET LOOKING NORTH FROM BOARD OF TRADE 
Center of financial district of Chicago. On left new Federal Bank Building. On right new Illinois Merchants Trust Co. Both in course of constructii 




UXIOX STATION 
In course of construction. Cost of this terminal, $50. ( 




CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY PASSENGER TERMINAL 
West Madison, Canal, and Clinton streets. The finest and most completely equipped railway station in the world. 




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HULL HOUSE 
Halsted and Polk streets. Social settlement founded by Jane Adda 




As viewed from tower 200 feet hiRh, three large yards covering 45 acres, with water frontage of over a mile. The piling just opposite the Incnmoti' 

number and 60 feet lone;. Rives and idea of the size of the plant 




UNITED STATES PUBLU 
The largest single fireproof hospital in the world, 2.040 feet 




.TH HOSPITAL, NUMBER 2 
<cet wide. Roosevelt Road and Ni 



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Harrison, Wond. and Lincoln ; 



UN TV HOSPITAL 

ilM riti aiMl thr.r..ui!hly equipped hospital buildings in the United States. 




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I . Annual product about f 500, 000,000. 




On left statue of Karel Havlicek, Douglas Park, at entrance to formal garden. Dedicated by American Bohemians of Chicago. 
On right Signal of Peace, bronze. Lincoln Park. 




FRANKLIN -ORLEANS STREET LIFT BRIDGE 
Cost f)f bridiie and approaches. Sl.OdU.IKlli. 




From left to right: Thaddeus Kosciusko, Humboldt Park; Robert B 
and Leif Erikson, Humboldt Park. 



Robert Cavalier, Sieur de La Salle, Lincoln Park 



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